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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||
| SALIENT CEMENT STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| United States:2 | ||||||||||||||
| Production: | ||||||||||||||
| Cement3 | 89,732 | 92,843 | 97,434 | 99,319 | 98,167 | |||||||||
| Clinker | 81,517 | 81,882 | 86,658 | 87,405 | 88,555 | |||||||||
| Shipments from mills and terminals:3, 4, 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | 108,500 | 111,000 | 120,000 | 128,000 | r | 127,000 | ||||||||
| Value 6�������������������������������������� � | 8,250,000 | 8,340,000 | 9,520,000 | 11,700,000 | r | 12,900,000 | ||||||||
| Average value6 | dollars per metric ton | 76.00 | 75.00 | 79.50 | 91.00 | 101.50 | ||||||||
| Stocks at mills and terminals, yearend | 7,680 | 6,610 | 6,740 | r | 7,450 | r | 9,380 | |||||||
| Exports of cement and clinker | 834 | 837 | 749 | 766 | 723 | 7 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption:8 | ||||||||||||||
| Cement | 22,198 | 21,015 | 25,396 | 30,403 | 32,141 | |||||||||
| Clinker | 1,603 | 1,808 | 1,630 | 2,858 | 3,425 | |||||||||
| Total9 | 23,801 | 22,823 | 27,026 | 33,261 | 35,566 | |||||||||
| Consumption, apparent10 | 110,020 | 114,090 | 121,950 | r | 128,250 | r | 127,660 | |||||||
| World, production11 | 1,850,000 | 2,030,000 | 2,190,000 | 2,350,000 | r | 2,560,000 | e | |||||||
| eEstimate.� rRevised. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Unless otherwise indicated, data are for portland (including blended) and masonry cements only. Even where presented unrounded, data | ||||||||||||||
| are thought to be accurate to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Excludes Puerto Rico. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Includes cement produced from imported clinker. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Includes imported cement. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Shipments to final domestic customers. Data are from an annual survey of plants and terminals and may differ from the totals in table 9, | ||||||||||||||
| which are based on consolidated monthly surveys from companies. | ||||||||||||||
| 6Value at mill or independently reporting terminal of cement shipments to final domestic customers.�� | ||||||||||||||
| 7Official export data have been corrected to remove an apparent excess 743,939 metric tons of aluminous cement from Laredo, TX, | ||||||||||||||
| into Mexico. | ||||||||||||||
| 8All forms of hydraulic cement or clinker, respectively. | ||||||||||||||
| 9Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | ||||||||||||||
| 10Production (including that from imported clinker) of portland and masonry cement plus imports of hydraulic cement minus exports of | ||||||||||||||
| cement minus change in yearend cement stocks. | ||||||||||||||
| 11Total hydraulic cement. May include clinker exports for some countries.� | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program